Monday, April 30, 2007

Jack Nicholson


* Cultural References Chapter 17-20 *

John Joseph Nicholson is an Academy Award winner and seven time Golden Globe winner American method actor most known for his dark-themed characters. Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937 in Neptune, New Jersey at the Jersey Shore Medical Center.

In high school, Nicholson was voted as “class clown” by the Class of 1954. A theater and a drama award at the school are named in his honor. In his later acting years, he won many awards and even received a Kennedy Center Honors in 2001. Nicholson is best known for his films One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, As Good as it Gets, and Tim Burton’s Batman.
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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_nicholson

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